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Illinois basketball fans were pretty upset in recent days thanks to the news that key contributors Morez Johnson and Tre White were entering the transfer portal, with Johnson then sticking the dagger in further by committing to Michigan. However, the Fighting Illini got some good news when Ty Rodgers, who surprisingly redshirted this past season, […]

San Diego State basketball picked up some massive news from the transfer portal. The Aztecs are coming off a decent but uneven season by their standards. Head coach Brian Dutcher’s team made its fifth straight NCAA Tournament appearance (it would have been six if it weren’t for the pandemic), finishing the season 21-10 overall and […]

Most times, matchups in the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament bring a pair of unfamiliar teams from different conferences into the arena to battle it out for a spot in the title game. On Friday night in Tampa Bay, that will not be the case. South Carolina and Texas have already met three times […]

North Carolina basketball picked up a big win in the transfer portal with the commitment of a talented West Virginia guard. The Tar Heels are coming off an uneven fourth season under Hubert Davis. The program struggled to match its high preseason expectations before controversially receiving an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament. North Carolina […]

In the first season under Pat Kelsey, Louisville basketball took massive strides forward. Despite that, the Cardinals were given a No. 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament and bowed out in the first round after a tough battle with Creighton. Now, Kelsey and company are trying to build out the roster to take it a […]

The Duke Blue Devils are in the men’s basketball Final Four for the first time in the Jon Scheyer era, and they’re betting favorites to cut down the nets in San Antonio. Duke reached the national semifinal by blowing through the East Region, defeating teams by an average of 23.5 points per game. The Blue […]

Throughout the 2024-25 campaign, many expected an emphatic month of March, with several upsets and the typical powerhouse programs facing early elimination. But the dreamlike Final Four has arrived, and all of the No. 1 seeds selected by the committee remain. Houston basketball knows the job isn’t finished. For the No. 1 seed Cougars, it’s […]

The college basketball season isn’t even over yet and Michigan has already had a productive offseason. A day after North Carolina transfer Elliot Cadeau committed to the Wolverines, Dusty May’s group has also landed Illinois forward Morez Johnson Jr. On3 Sports was first to report the news. As a freshman, Johnson started eight out of […]

After two close calls against Creighton and Michigan that required huge second half runs to come through, Auburn basketball soundly defeated Michigan State in the Elite Eight to advance to its first Final Four since 2019. However, getting to San Antonio isn’t the goal for Bruce Pearl and this competitive group. Cutting down the nets […]

Like many former college basketball stars, Meyers Leonard is not a fan of how the game has changed. As a former lottery pick out of Illinois, Leonard reflected on how his career went and how he feels the college basketball transfer portal does not allow for many similar journeys. As the 2025 offseason once again […]

There’s no question that Illinois basketball was a very talented squad this season, but Brad Underwood and company didn’t quite meet expectations after bowing out in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in a blowout loss to Kentucky. One of the main reasons why Illinois found itself dropping a lot of regular season games […]

Houston basketball is in the Final Four for the second time in the tenure of Kelvin Sampson. The Big 12 conference champions rolled through their league, going 19-1 in regular season play. The club also won their conference tournament. Houston then entered March Madness as a no. 1 seed, and has remained standing. Houston basketball […]

One of the biggest coaching moves in the beginning of the coaching cycle in college basketball was Sean Miller’s decision to move from Xavier to Texas basketball immediately after knocking the Longhorns out of the NCAA Tournament. Now, Miller is hard at work building his roster with the Longhorns heading into next season. On Tuesday, […]

April Fool’s Day is here, and that means jokes are aplenty. Unfortunately, those jokes can lead to miscommunication and frustration. That is what happened to college basketball broadcaster Dick Vitale, who fell victim to an Auburn basketball prank. An account released a post on X, formerly Twitter, that Auburn basketball star Johni Broome would not […]

Hours after Liam McNeeley announced he would enter the NBA Draft, the UConn men’s basketball program lost another player from its 2024-25 squad as Aidan Mahaney entered the transfer portal. Mahaney, a reserve guard for the Huskies, came to Storrs after two seasons with Saint Mary’s. He never quite fit in at UConn, however, struggling […]

Less than one week after losing to Auburn in the NCAA Tournament, Michigan loses its first key piece to the college basketball transfer portal. One day after Elliot Cadeau committed to the Wolverines, starting point guard Tre Donaldson entered his name into the portal for the second straight offseason. Donaldson, who led Michigan with 4.1 […]

Former Florida A&M forward Shaquir O’Neal has hit the transfer portal again, but this time, he’s heading out west with Mike Bibby and Sacramento State. Bibby was hired as the new head coach of the Horents last week and has already made a splash by bringing Shaquir, the son of Shaquille O’Neal, to join his […]

Florida basketball coach Todd Golden is getting some flowers from Auburn’s Bruce Pearl. That is because Golden has the Gators in the Final Four, and he is not yet 40 years of age. “Don’t let that sheepish look fool you, he’s the real deal,” Pearl said of Golden, per CBS Sports. "Don't let that sheepish […]

The Houston basketball team has been one of the best, most consistent teams in college basketball all season long, and they made the NCAA Tournament as a one-seed. The Cougars have survived a couple of scares so far during March Madness, and they are now in the Final Four, just two wins away from capturing […]

Meechie Johnson’s college career hasn’t been so much a rollercoaster as it has been a game of ping-pong. On Tuesday, the senior announced he would return to South Carolina to seek a sixth year of basketball eligibility. Johnson began his career at Ohio State where he played two seasons before transferring to South Carolina. After […]

The Auburn basketball program is one of four teams left in the men’s NCAA Tournament. Auburn’s famed alum Charles Barkley is thinking about his own career, as he watches his team vie for a national championship. Barkley says this year’s Tigers squad should not take any moment for granted. Charles Barkley on Auburn's Final Four […]

As expected, UConn men’s basketball freshman Liam McNeeley is headed to the NBA Draft, he told ESPN. McNeeley is the second Husky in as many years to enter the draft as a one-and-done player and only the third to do it in program history. He follows NBA Rookie of the Year betting favorite Stephon Castle, […]

There was a lot of drama surrounding the Maryland basketball program during their NCAA Tournament run as rumors swirled about head coach Kevin Willard leaving for Villanova. Sure enough, that became finalized shortly after Maryland was eliminated from the big dance. Now, the Terrapins have found a replacement as Buzz Williams is leaving Texas A&M […]

It should be no surprise to see that Stephen A. Smith is still calling out college coaches for their actions during this year’s March Madness. This time, the name at the top of his list belongs to LSU women’s basketball head coach Kim Mulkey. The ESPN personality commented on Mulkey’s exchange at LSU’s postgame press […]

The NCAA Tournament has almost reached its end as we are down to down to just four teams remaining in the field. All four one-seeds made the Final Four for the first time since 2008, and a lot of college basketball fans aren’t happy about it. People want to see upsets during March Madness, but […]

Auburn men’s basketball is headed to the Final Four for the second time in school history and the Tigers are seeking their first national championship. Head coach Bruce Pearl has built the once dormant program into perennial contenders, and when he’s pacing the sidelines in San Antonio, he will have his family in the stands […]

Johni Broome did not disappoint during the second weekend of March Madness as he was dominant for the Auburn basketball team. The Tigers took down both Michigan and Michigan State to punch their ticket to the Final Four, and Broome combined for 47 points in the two games. However, Broome did go down with an […]

The Michigan State basketball team is losing junior guard Tre Holloman to the transfer portal. The Spartans lost in the Elite 8 against Auburn on Sunday, and it was a tough way for Holloman to go out as he finished with two points and went 0-10 from the floor. The Tigers punched their ticket to […]

As the 2025 Final Four approaches, there is no better time than now to rank the 25 greatest college basketball players of all time. Whenever doing such a challenging task like ranking the best college basketball players ever, many things need to be taken into account, but more on that in a second. College basketball […]

UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma earned a $100,000 bonus after leading the Huskies to another Final Four with a 78-64 win over USC in the Elite Eight on Monday. The postseason incentive brings Auriemma’s total bonus earnings this season to $312,500, per USA TODAY’s Steve Berkowitz. His contract includes specific financial rewards for tournament […]

Hailey Van Lith’s collegiate career came to an end after the TCU Horned Frogs lost to the Texas Longhorns in the Elite Eight on Monday. It was a low-scoring affair between the two sides with neither reaching 60 points. However, the Longhorns generated more offense as they coasted to a 58-47 win over the Horned […]

The UConn women’s basketball team is heading to the Final Four as they took down one-seed USC on Monday night. USC was without their star, JuJu Watkins, after she tore her ACL earlier in the tournament. Because of that, the Huskies were big favorites over the Trojans, and Paige Bueckers did not disappoint in the big […]

In the current one-and-done and transfer portal era, few college basketball teams experience more annual turnover than Duke. The 2025 offseason will be no different, as Jon Scheyer will be tasked with replacing the production of projected lottery picks Cooper Flagg and Kon Knueppel. Replacing a Cooper Flagg-sized hole will be anything but easy, but […]

It has been a long time coming for Rori Harmon and the Texas Longhorns, especially after making the 2025 NCAA Final Four. The Longhorns beat the TCU Horned Frogs 58-47 in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Women’s Tournament. With the win, they reached the Final Four for the first time since 2003. It was […]

Florida basketball is off to its fifth Final Four appearance in the program’s 104-season history. This time Todd Golden replaces Billy Donovan as the Gators coach spearheading this run. And Golden has relied on Walter Clayton Jr. to lead the scoring charge against Auburn. Clayton Jr. is the top sharpshooter on a Florida team loaded […]

Despite entering the 2024-2025 season unranked, Tom Izzo did what he does best and led Michigan State to another deep run in the NCAA Tournament. Yet, for the fifth straight season, the Spartans failed to come out of their region despite entering the bracket with a high seed. Michigan State now prepares to begin another […]

TCU women’s basketball point guard Hailey Van Lith shared a moment with head coach Mark Campbell right after the Horned Frogs’ Elite Eight loss to Texas. The No. 2 seed in the Birmingham region fought hard against a talented Longhorns team. Unfortunately, TCU struggled on the offensive end, shooting 26.7% from the field and committing […]

After a stellar season that saw the team win the MEAC Championship and clinch a March Madness bid, Norfolk State head coach Robert Jones has inked a huge contract extension that will keep him with the program through the 2031-2032 season. The institution announced the extension on Friday. Jones’s extension is noteworthy, as Lady Sparts […]

The NCAA Tournament has almost reached its end as we are down to down to just four teams remaining in the field. All four one-seeds made the Final Four for the first time since 2008, and a lot of college basketball fans aren’t happy about it. People want to see upsets during March Madness, but […]